Sunday, December 18, 2011

Happy Monday {54th Ed.}

I have been absent...can you sense a new years resolution coming on?! Anyways, Happy Monday blog land!! Here is what is making me smile..

My charlie brown "tree"
I can't take credit for the idea (thank you Pinterest), but will totally take ownership of the awesome execution! Its the scrap from a tree lot, how stinkin' cute! Oh, and its perfect for my table and completely fills my need for real tree smell :)

This non-tree christmas tree

Its just so unique! Too bad my cats would have it knocked down in 10 seconds flat.

I love this, and if MN ever decides to have a winter, I think I will actually need it! I think (fingers crossed) I am getting a sewing machine for christmas...if so, this is the first project on my list!

I found this guy at this awesome antique shop a few blocks from our house. It was the first time I had been in there and I am so excited about it, its just an old house with rooms and rooms filled with antique / consignment / awesomeness! Anyways, I saw this beautiful owl painting and conveniently showed to to Rachel the next day....hint hint :) Guess what I got for our anniversary (which was last Friday, 4 years!)

the picture doesn't do it justice, but doesn't she have a beautifully stately look on her face?

Trader Joe's Mini Gingerbread Men Cookies

Warning; unless you have incredible willpower or no care for your waistline, do not get these!! Seriously, they are heavenly!

4 comments:

Awww jeez- 4 years together! I remember that fateful night... I had to rest my huge pregnant belly on the pool table to make a shot and then your little sparks started flying with your lady lol- uh, no relation between the 2 events of course...

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"An unexamined life is not worth living"-Socrates

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"Greatness lives on the edge of destruction"

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So we can both be there

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